HCUP HospitalizationsProduced by: US Agency for Healthcare Research &
QualityGeographic coverage: State levelDates of coverage: 2007

Select: Choose the State Statistics on All Stays for
TX data, then select Researcher, Medical Professional.Includes: Statistics by specific diagnoses (you will
need to know the ICD-9
code; see section 4 for codes); statistics on all hospital stays;
trends; rank order by diagnosis or procedure.Other Information: See the description of the State
Inpatient Database to learn more about data elements in the SID as
well as how the SID can be used.

SMART:
Selected Metropolitan/Micropolitan Area Risk Trends (Centers for Disease
Control & Prevention; currently only Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan
Division and Houston-Baytown-Sugar Land Metropolitan
Statistical Area; Harris County and Dallas
County; 2002-2006)
MMSAs are selected on the basis of having had 500 or more respondents
to the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Access Local
Area Health Risk Data or Local
Area Quick-View Charts. Metropolitan statistical areas are a group
of counties that contain at least one urbanized area of 50,000 or more
inhabitants. Metropolitan divisions are a smaller group of counties within
a metropolitan statistical area of 2.5 million or more inhabitants. Includes
asthma,
diabetes, and obesity.

Hospital
Compare (US Health & Human Services; October 2005 through September
2006; hospital level data)
"This website was created through the efforts of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS) along with the Hospital Quality Alliance
(HQA). The HQA is a public-private collaboration established to promote
reporting on hospital quality of care. The HQA consists of organizations
that represent consumers, hospitals, doctors, employers, accrediting organizations,
and Federal agencies. The information on this website can be used by any
adult needing hospital care." Includes data on Surgical Infection
Prevention, Heart Attack, Heart Failure, and Pneumonia.

See also Mortality
Links for interactive sites to create tables by sex, race/ethnicity,
age, and geography.

Hospital
Compare (US Health & Human Services; October 2005 through September
2006; hospital level data)
"This website was created through the efforts of the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services (DHHS) along with the Hospital Quality Alliance
(HQA). The HQA is a public-private collaboration established to promote
reporting on hospital quality of care. The HQA consists of organizations
that represent consumers, hospitals, doctors, employers, accrediting organizations,
and Federal agencies. The information on this website can be used by any
adult needing hospital care."

Stroke
and Heart Disease Mortality (National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention
and Health Promotion; 1996 to 2002 and 1991 to 1995; County
and State level data)
Select Texas, then select the cause of death (heart disease or stroke).
Data is available for 1996 to 2002 combined and 1991 to 1995 combined.
Data is shown by age-adjusted death rate (2000 standard).